Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! New Challenger is a tV series anime that premiered in winter 2009, produced by MADHOUSE.

About the production: the story comes from a manga, there are 26 episodes of about 23 minutes and its current status is "finished".

Its main genres are comedy, drama and sports, with themes such as Boxing, Shounen, Primarily Male Cast and Ensemble Cast.

On AniList, Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! New Challenger has an average score of 86%, one of the highest scores on the site, and appears on 62,824 users' lists.

The franchise continues in or follows from: Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs Kimura - Shikei Shikkou and Hajime no Ippo: Rising.

Ippo Makunouchi continues his boxing career and his goal on knowing the meaning of being strong, and the desire on fighting his idol Ichiro Miyata once again. Along him are pro boxers Takamura, Aoki and Kimura that each one of them aspire to their own dreams. (Source: Anime News Network)

Official synopsis from AniList.